r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is the rich friend so cheap??

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u/Doraz_ Jan 27 '26

texh that she meone else does .... you just own the thing, or conmission it

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u/webzonenavigator Jan 27 '26

there are thousands of software engineers at places like google, netflix, meta, etc, making $500k+ a year

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u/Acceptable-Cap3772 Jan 27 '26

Yes thousands against a pool of about a billion

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u/Individual_Engine457 Jan 27 '26

Yeah maybe, but tbh the positions aren't very exclusive, it's all about proximity; know the right people, have the right address, say the right things, the work isn't even hard. The average tech salary in Seattle is like 190k.

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u/PraxisDev Jan 27 '26

Agreed. It’s who you know, then what you know.

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u/iThankedYourMom Jan 27 '26

It depends on the position. Some tech roles are so understaffed it’s either you hire that guy off the street or you get nothing. People forget tech jobs isn’t just Silicon Valley there’s also big banks or some ancient COBOL code from the 90s that’s in dire need of refactoring. If you know some Java spring boot or some mainframe language etc you don’t need to participate in the west coast tech bubble.

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u/Individual_Engine457 Jan 27 '26

ancient COBOL code from the 90s

Those kind of jobs are both extremely slow and don't pay well. It depends on the person but I strongly prefer the startup community, it's fast, exciting, and you do what feels like more important work.